The family will receive friends at Parker Mortuary on Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. Private family interment will be in Park Cemetery, Carthage. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church, 812 South Pearl Avenue, Joplin, with Father Joji Vincent officiating. grandchildren, Kyle and Eric Combs, Anne and Bren Flanigan brother, Rick Combs and wife, Darlene sister, Patricia several nieces and nephews.įuneral service will be Saturday, July 1, at 10 a.m. Survivors include his children, Tracy Flanigan and husband, Matt, of Carthage, son, Jim Combs (member of the 1980 State Championship Team) and wife, Suzie, of Scottsdale, Ariz. In addition to his parents, Dewey was preceded in death by his wife, Carolyn Combs, who died Augbrothers, Curtis and William sisters, Betty Lou and Ann. (AP) On a night when they were held to just two hits, the red-hot Atlanta Braves kept on winning. The 1976 team was also undefeated, but due to the Missouri point system, they were not included in the playoffs, sparking a change in the Missouri point system.Ĭoach Combs was elected into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2010, the Missouri High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame in 1985, and in 2015, Junge Stadium was renamed the Dewey Combs Athletic Complex at Junge Field in honor of the coach's contributions to the sport, and all the lives he influenced over the years. He had undefeated Missouri State Championship teams at Parkwood in 1975, 1980, and 1983. He retired in 1985 after coaching the newly-consolidated Joplin High School for one season. Dewey was the first, and only head coach at Parkwood. In 1968, Joplin formed two high schools, Memorial and Parkwood, and Dewey became the head coach at Parkwood. He coached Joplin schools for 19 years, compiling a record of 157-39-7, capturing 13 Ozark Conference titles. He began coaching at Joplin High School in 1967. His team at Trenton went undefeated twice, and captured the state title in 1966. He compiled a record of 213-65-14 for four different schools, Golden City, Gallatin, Trenton, and Joplin. He was a coach and teacher with several schools during his 30-year career. She was preceded in death by her younger sister, Elizabeth Libby Harbour. Born March 16, 1949, to the late William Earl Huddleston and Betty Jean Meadows Huddleston, Debby made Joplin her home for 74 years. He later received a Master's Degree in Education from the University of Missouri. Debra Sue Record Simmers passed away peacefully in her sleep the morning of July 9, 2023. He graduated from Springdale High School, then attended Pittsburg State University where he received his Bachelor's Degree in Physical Education. Dewey Combs, age 87, Carthage, Mo., passed away at his home on Sunday, June 25, 2017, from a sudden illness.ĭewey was born May 27, 1930, in Checotah, Okla., son of the late William Dewey Combs and Mattie Lou Willingham Combs.
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